Belgium
Shipping Industry Overview
Recorded shipowner/shipmanager links, deduplicated by IMO before calculating vessel totals and DWT. These links do not establish current control or active service. Company country differs from vessel flag; vessels can appear in more than one country.
DWT coverage: 757 of 892 vessels. Build-year coverage: 889 of 892. Classification recorded: 609 of 892. Age uses calendar build year; missing, pre-1900 or future years are “Unknown”. Missing DWT is excluded, not treated as zero capacity.
The 18–21-year age group is an age indicator only. Actual survey due dates are not available here. Repair visits are historical records labelled “repair”, not proof of a commercial preference. Company and group fleet totals can overlap.
Fleet Age Distribution
Vessel Types
Classification Societies
Top 15 recorded labels plus the remainder. These labels have not been independently verified.
Full breakdown
| Classification label | Vessels | Known DWT |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 283 | 8,641,828 |
| BV | 159 | 7,639,351 |
| LRS | 106 | 10,011,671 |
| DNV | 74 | 6,743,323 |
| OTHER | 71 | 95,051 |
| ABS | 69 | 9,697,602 |
| NKK | 59 | 4,430,695 |
| RINA | 34 | 2,169,789 |
| KR | 13 | 1,533,906 |
| RMRS | 10 | 406,811 |
| CCS | 6 | 822,522 |
| IRS | 3 | 274,746 |
| CRS | 2 | 8,168 |
| PRS | 2 | 2,193 |
| TLV | 1 | 3,002 |
Recorded Flags
Top 15 recorded labels plus the remainder. These labels have not been independently verified.
Full breakdown
| Recorded flag | Vessels | Known DWT |
|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 294 | 13,548,972 |
| Unknown | 92 | 5,122,140 |
| Liberia | 57 | 10,264,138 |
| BELGIUM | 54 | 74,037 |
| Marshall Islands | 45 | 5,924,473 |
| Panama | 36 | 1,906,107 |
| Malta | 33 | 1,204,976 |
| Luxembourg | 19 | 187,292 |
| Netherlands | 15 | 86,203 |
| Greece | 13 | 1,901,252 |
| Norway | 12 | 714,453 |
| Singapore | 12 | 1,008,314 |
| LIBERIA | 11 | 1,730,378 |
| Mauritius | 11 | 52,338 |
| United Kingdom | 10 | 74,150 |
| Bahamas | 9 | 1,780,477 |
| Cyprus | 9 | 296,382 |
| NETHERLANDS | 8 | 31,688 |
| Portugal (MAR | 8 | 297,021 |
| Russia | 8 | 318,549 |
| Hong Kong China | 7 | 375,795 |
| France | 5 | 129,762 |
| SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES | 5 | 12,731 |
| BAHAMAS | 4 | 34,094 |
| Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China | 4 | 367,334 |
| MARSHALL ISLANDS | 4 | 574,568 |
| NORWAY | 4 | 311,281 |
| St.Kitts and Nevis | 4 | 12,116 |
| Barbados | 3 | 96,630 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 167,224 |
| CYPRUS | 3 | 239,146 |
| INDIAN | 3 | 274,746 |
| KOREA | 3 | 13,190 |
| Not Known | 3 | 313,947 |
| Republic of Liberia | 3 | 324,496 |
| Republic of Panama | 3 | 135,108 |
| Republic of the Marshall Islands | 3 | 564,582 |
| Argentina | 2 | 42,867 |
| COMOROS | 2 | 21,182 |
| Federal Republic of Germany | 2 | 4,321 |
| Gibraltar | 2 | 25,562 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 73,821 |
| Isle of Man | 2 | 72,063 |
| Italy | 2 | 49,999 |
| ITALY | 2 | 50,470 |
| Kingdom of Belgium | 2 | 384,345 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 2,450 |
| Republic of Malta | 2 | 45,355 |
| Spain | 2 | 124 |
| St Vincent and Grenadines | 2 | 102 |
| SWITZERLAND | 2 | 6,016 |
| Tuvalu | 2 | 188,225 |
| Vanuatu | 2 | 5,327 |
| Algeria | 1 | 115 |
| BELIZE | 1 | 0 |
| CHINA | 1 | 0 |
| Cook Islands | 1 | 50 |
| CURAÇAO | 1 | 47,707 |
| Denmark (DIS | 1 | 350 |
| Estonia | 1 | 115 |
| France (RIF | 1 | 2,600 |
| Germany | 1 | 134 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1,591 |
| HONDURAS | 1 | 0 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 37,500 |
| HONG KONG | 1 | 65,006 |
| ICELAND | 1 | 400 |
| Jersey | 1 | 0 |
| Libya | 1 | 135,514 |
| LUXEMBOURG | 1 | 381 |
| MALTA | 1 | 93,566 |
| NIGERIA | 1 | 1,677 |
| Niue | 1 | 170,201 |
| Norway (NIS | 1 | 49,999 |
| Oman | 1 | 0 |
| Palau | 1 | 12,249 |
| PALAU | 1 | 0 |
| Poland | 1 | 1,220 |
| Portugal | 1 | 206,000 |
| PORTUGAL | 1 | 26,599 |
| PORTUGAL (MAR) | 1 | 26,564 |
| Republic of Singapore | 1 | 35,760 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1 | 8,412 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1 | 1,200 |
| Sierra leone | 1 | 23,127 |
| SIERRA LEONE | 1 | 133 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 3,495 |
| The Commonwealth of the Bahamas | 1 | 50,630 |
| The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China | 1 | 33,628 |
| The kingdom of Denmark | 1 | 247 |
| The Republic of Latvia | 1 | 1,810 |
| TURKEY | 1 | 0 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 359 |
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About Belgium's Shipping Industry
Belgium has 326 registered shipping companies (ship owners and ship managers) linked to 892 IMO vessel records. The average fleet age is 19.9 years. This page provides analytics on vessel types, fleet age distribution, recorded classification societies, and the repair yards with recorded visits based on actual vessel visit data tracked by TrustedDocks.